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USA announces WWE week

While WrestleMania does not take place until next Sunday, the USA Network announced Thursday that this is WWE week.Raw and Smackdown Live will run at their normal times on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, and on Thursday WrestleManiaĢƵ Greatest Moments airs at 8 p.m.Saturday at 10 p.m., an ...

What happened to spring?

After a mild and wet February, the month of March has produced a lot of cold snowy winter weather. FebruaryĢƵ temperatures averaged 7 degrees above normal and rainfall was over twice the average.March has seen 23 out of 28 days with below normal temperatures. Many of these cold days had a ...

Ready for another season of Pirates baseball

I was flipping through the channels Monday night as I was preparing my after-work snack, and something caught my eye as the dial settled upon ESPN Classics.There was Bert Blyleven, dazzling (in non-HDTV) Pirates' gold, pitching against the Baltimore Orioles. I, unexpectedly, came across Game 5 ...

Bryan cleared for return to ring

When it was announced Tuesday that Daniel Bryan had (finally) been cleared by WWEĢƵ medical doctors to return to the ring after more than two years away, it created shock waves in the pro wrestling world.However, it was not surprising as BryanĢƵ return has been a topic in this column on ...

Basic facts simplify fly-fishingĢƵ mystery

Some readers have recently expressed interest in fly-fishing. Fortunately, this is an apt time to prepare to sample this pleasurable approach to angling. Eventually, it will stop snowing, the mountain air will warm, and trout and their insect prey will get more active.Fly-fishing carries an ...

Don’t worry, spring is coming

As I write this, an early spring snowstorm is piling up snow across Southwestern Pennsylvania. Our storm was part of the fourth “Noreaster” to effect the east in the past three weeks. This one is called Toby. Fortunately, the first three storms did not have much of an effect on our area, ...